Steve Eslinger wrote:Thanks Roger, fascinating read. I, too, was struck by the prices. What a time capsule!
Robin Garr wrote:Steve Eslinger wrote:Thanks Roger, fascinating read. I, too, was struck by the prices. What a time capsule!
I agree. Thanks for posting, Roger!
By the way, I wonder if that shift to lager came with the influx of German-speaking Catholics from Bavaria and Austria once Ellis Island got going, bringing along that Munich lager and elbowing out the stouts and dark beers that the city's smaller population of Northern German Protestants had favored before that wave of immigration began. Just brainstorming here, no actual knowledge or anything.
Jon K wrote:One minor point from your friendly genealogist. Ellis Island didn't open until 1892. The German immigrants passing through New York would have passed through a facility called Castle Garden.
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